Bruce Cameron of Beacon Electric works Monday on an electrical panel on the first floor of the Kenton County Building, after Sunday's fire.

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For the next one to two weeks, Kenton County administrative offices will operate from the Independence courthouse and other locations, as crews assess and repair the damage from Sunday's electrical fire.

Until then, the county administration building at 303 Court St. will operate with limited staffing, mostly to answer phones, help assess the damage and direct the public to satellite locations, said Steve Hensley, Kenton County's director of Homeland Security/Emergency Management.

Kenton County property owners wanting to pay their annual tax bill with the sheriff or renew their ...